Osteoporotic Fracture Risk Study
2005-2008
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OFR Project publications

2007

Karjalainen, J (2007) Methodology for Use in Ultrasoud Backscatter-Based Osteoporosis Diagnostics. Master's Thesis, University of Oulu.

Koivumäki J (2007) Biomechanical modeling of hip fracture. Master's Thesis, University of Jyväskylä.

Moilanen P, Nicholson PHF, Kilappa V, Cheng S, Timonen J (2007) Assessment of the cortical bone thickness using ultrasonic guided waves: modelling and in vitro study. Ultrasound Med Biol 33:254-262.

Moilanen P, Talmant M, Bousson V, Nicholson PHF, Cheng S, Timonen J, Laugier P (2007) Ultrasonically determined thickness of long cortical bones: Two-dimensional simulations of in vitro experiments. J Acoust Soc Am 122:1818-1826.

Moilanen P, Talmant M, Nicholson PHF, Cheng S, Timonen J, Laugier P (2007) Ultrasonically determined thickness of long cortical bones: Three-dimensional simulations of in vitro experiments. J Acoust Soc Am 122: 2439-2445.

Muller M, Mitton D, Moilanen P, Bousson V, Talmant M, Laugier P (2007) Prediction of bone mechanical properties using QUS and p-QCT: study of the human distal radius. Med Eng Phys, in press.

Määttä M (2007) Guided Wave Ultrasound in the Assessment of Osteoporosis in Elderly Women. Master's Thesis, University of Oulu.

Pulkkinen P, Jämsä T, Lochmüller EM, Kuhn V, Nieminen MT, Eckstein F (2007) Experimental hip fracture load can be predicted from plain radiography by combined analysis of trabecular bone structure and bone geometry. Osteoporos Int, in press.

Riekkinen O, Hakulinen M, Töyräs J, Jurvelin JS (2007) Spatial variation of acoustic properties is related with mechanical properties of trabecular bone. Phys Med Biol 52:6961-6968.


2006

Moilanen P, Nicholson PHF, Kilappa V, Cheng S, Timonen J (2006) Measuring guided waves in long bones: modeling and experiments in free and immersed plates. Ultrasound Med Biol 32: 709-719.

Koivumäki J (2007) Biomechanical modeling of hip fracture. Master's Thesis, University of Jyväskylä.

Pulkkinen P, Eckstein F, Lochmüller EM, Kuhn V, Jämsä T (2006) Association of geometric factors and failure load level with the distribution of cervical vs. trochanteric hip fractures. J Bone Miner Res 21(6):895-901.

Korpelainen R, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Heikkinen J, Väänänen K, Korpelainen J (2006) Effect of exercise on extraskeletal risk factors for hip fractures in elderly women with low BMD: a population-based randomized controlled trial. J Bone Miner Res 21: 772-779.

Korpelainen R, Korpelainen J, Heikkinen J, Väänänen K, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S (2006) Lifelong risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures in elderly women with low body mass index - a population-based study. Bone 39: 385-391.


2005

Muller M, Moilanen P, Bossy E, Kilappa V, Nicholson PHF, Timonen J, Talmant M, Cheng S, Laugier P (2005) In vitro comparison of three different approaches using ultrasonic axial transmission for cortical bone assessment. Ultrasound Med Biol 31: 633-642.

Pulkkinen P, Luomala M, Obregon V, Jämsä T (2005) Gradient-based method for the assessment of trabecular structure from radiographs. IFMBE Proceedings 12.


2004

Jämsä T, Parviainen O, Salmela I, Pulkkinen P (2004) Assessment of lower limb cross-sectional geometry using CT image analysis. Technol Health Care 12: 111-113.

Moilanen P, Kilappa V, Nicholson PHF, Timonen J, Cheng S (2004) Thickness sensitivity of ultrasound velocity in long bone phantoms. Ultrasound Med Biol 30: 1517-1521.

Pulkkinen P, Partanen J, Jalovaara P, Jämsä T (2004) Combination of bone mineral density and upper femur geometry improves the prediction of hip fracture. Osteoporosis Int 15: 274-280.


2003

Moilanen P, Nicholson PHF, Kärkkäinen T, Wang Q, Timonen J, Cheng S (2003) Assessment of the tibia using ultrasonic guided waves in pubertal girls. Osteoporos Int 14: 1020-1027.

Korpelainen R, Korpelainen J, Heikkinen J, Väänänen K, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S (2003) Lifestyle factors are associated with osteoporosis in lean women but not in normal and overweight women: a population-based cohort study of 1222 women. Osteoporos Int 14: 34-43.


2002

Nicholson PHF, Moilanen P, Kärkkäinen T, Timonen J, Cheng S (2002) Guided ultrasonic waves in long bones: modelling, experiment and in vivo application. Physiol Meas 23: 755-68.